President plans to cut half a million troops and says US can't afford to wage two wars at once

The mighty American military machine that has for so long secured the country's status as the world's only superpower will have to be drastically reduced, Barack Obama warned yesterday as he set out a radical but more modest new set of priorities for the Pentagon over the next decade.

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After the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan that defined the first decade of the 21st century, Mr Obama's blueprint for the military's future acknowledged that America will no longer have the resources to conduct two such major operations simultaneously.

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The specifics of the new proposals, set out in a document entitled "Sustaining US Global Leadership: Priorities for 21st Century Defense", have yet to be fleshed out. But they are likely to entail a reduction of up to 490,000 in a total military personnel now standing at some 1.6 million worldwide, as well as cuts in costly procurement programmes &#8211; some originally designed for a Cold War environment.

I totally agree with Barack Obama on this as WE need not be the worlds police anymore. This sounds much like what I wanted anyways with the focus shifted to the pacific and out of the middle east. I want Obama to pull all of our troops out of the middle east and Africa...Close the fucking bases too. Refocus our military on national defense using the pacific as screwing around in a sand pit is a waste of time. This means keep our navy to make sure no nations can get here and put troops on the borders.

I'd cut the military to 400 billion per year. To hell with the middle east...We tried, but those people will never ever change. WE need to wash our hands of it. Obama is right!

No war with Iran or Pakistan. Let them rule the middle east if they so wish. What's it to us?

Between this and the improving economy, I'm starting to think Obama may get another 4 years.

I'd cut to 400 billion or 4 times the next up military and reduce our military to 650,000. ON the other hand I'd keep the navy intact so no nation can get to our shores to fight us, ever! Fuck the rest of the world. Time for europe to build their own military's! Go Obama!!!

I'd cut to 400 billion or 4 times the next up military and reduce our military to 650,000. ON the other hand I'd keep the navy intact so no nation can get to our shores to fight us, ever! Fuck the rest of the world. Time for europe to build their own military's! Go Obama!!!

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